From my dd's then 2nd grade teacher on hearing that dd read at a high school level: "I was only hired to teach second grade."

From an administrator (not at my school): "All children are gifted. We treat them all the same."

And my all time favorite: from the gifted teacher at dd's middle school on discussing scheduling for how to get her to the high school to take honors english:

"But we only have one bus to take gifted children to the high school and it's for MATH students."